Several Alabama Department of Transportation projects will affect travel beginning this weekend and Monday, with some work extending for a few weeks in the Birmingham, Bessemer, Calera, Hoover and Montevallo areas.

ALDOT plans to replace crash cushions along Interstate 459 northbound near Morgan Road between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday. The work will not require lane closures but workers will be present.

BIRMINGHAM/JEFFERSON COUNTY

Guardrail repairs are planned for nine state highways through Jefferson County during the next few weeks beginning Monday.

The work will be done between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., one highway at a time and could take up to three days per road, according to the transportation department.

The guardrail repairs will be done in the following order:

Alabama 3 (U.S. 31)

Alabama 4 (U.S. 78)

Alabama 5

Alabama 7 (U.S. 11)

Alabama 25

Alabama 75

Alabama 119

Alabama 149

Alabama 150

Interstate 20/59: Also in Birmingham, there are planned repairs to the overhead sign structure along Interstate 20/59 westbound at the Avenue I exit (Exit 119B) which will require the following closures:

The westbound right lane and right turn lane between 11 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday

The eastbound left lane between midnight and 3 a.m. Sunday

All southbound lanes will be closed for 15-minute periods beginning at 1 a.m. Sunday

CALERA/MONTEVALLO

The department plans to begin resurfacing work along about two miles of Alabama 25 near the Lhoist North America lime facility west of town on the way to Montevallo.

The work will begin about 6 a.m. Saturday. The project will take several days to complete depending on the weather. The work will begin with a coat of new asphalt and temporary striping followed by another layer and permanent striping.

During this time, traffic will be directed along alternating lanes.

HOOVER

ALDOT plans to replace crash cushions along Interstate 459 southbound near John Hawkins Parkway between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday. The work will not require lane closures but crews will be present.